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beta-prime: a name sometimes regrettably given to the distribution of the transformed variable T=X/ (1-X) where X takes the standard form of the beta distribution; it is in fact a standard form of the Pearson type VI distribution
Category: Statistics

prime: m is not divisible by the square of any --.
Category: Mathematics

prime: to cover(a surface)with a preparatory coat or colour,before painting it
Category: Iron and steel industries

prime: to inject fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal combbustion engine,to make starting easier
Category: The chemical industry

primed: a charge ready in all aspects for ignition
Category: Defense

primer: the portion of a charge, loaded with a firing device, which initiates the explosion; cartridge in which the detonator is inserted; the explosive cartridge into which the detonator has been inserted
Category: Building industry

primer: a contrivance, as a cap tube or wafer containing percussion powder or other compound, for igniting an explosive charge and itself ignited by friction, percussion or electricity
Category: The chemical industry

primer: a substrate that is required in a polymerisation reaction and that is structurally similar to the product of the reaction. Primers are used in the synthesis of DNA in vitro. For enzyme synthesis, they correspond to the initiation sequence. For chemical solid-state synthesis, they may consist of a single protected nucleoside bonded to the support by the 3`-hydroxyd group. Some enzymes, especially those that catalyse the synthesis of oligosaccharides, have a short oligosaccharide primer as a prosthetic group on the enzyme
Category: Medicine

primer: the first coat in a paint system, its main purpose being to impact adhesion.
Category: The chemical industry

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